Climate of Lhasa, China

Dwb

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Dwb — Cold, dry winter, warm summer.

Lhasa has a mean annual temperature of 7.0 °C and receives 430 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 15.2 °C, while January is the coldest month at -2.9 °C. Most precipitation falls in July (126 mm); the driest month is January (1 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Lhasa: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 50 100 60 120 70 140 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January-2.91.1
February0.01.3
March4.23.4
April7.07.2
May11.128.8
June14.876.9
July15.2125.8
August14.7114.9
September12.759.8
October7.67.2
November1.31.8
December-1.81.4
Year7.0429.5

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (29.65°, 91.10°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.